6 years later, can an European guy like myself get his hands on one of those replacement gears?

 

Post # 35 has the name, address, & phone number.
Purchased two of them, the gears in both of my Jaguars were trashed

 

I have an US forwarding address, in case shipping to Europe should be an issue. Actually I might even prefer that, I could combine several other packages from eBay that way.

 

Do you mean these?


They have been helpful to me in confirming I was staring at the right cover. Once I managed to remove the cover (I still don't know how I did that) underneath I found the plastic gear and, indeed, it is cracked.
Now I hope 1) that it's the actual reason and 2) that Chris still has some replacement gears left.

Did you actually pull the assembly out of the car as pictured on the Fb page? (I realize that's not a Jag.)

This is where I am now:
(Somehow I missed the crack in the first round.)

I suppose removing this washer pictured here shall be challenging in the confined space:


(I expect it to shoot in random direction and never be seen again.)

 

Been a while since i did mine, i just remember it was a pretty simple repair..

 

Ask them for instruction, how to install the gear.
After looking at his video, i felt confident enough to do mine
Mine was done without that much disassembly.
Good luck to you

 

Through a friend of mine with an Fb account I managed to get in contact with Chris. He said he no longer has access to his account here.
And yes, he still sells the brass gears.

 

Did he happen to say if he had some in stock currently?
I know he gets them cut in small batches and when I contact him about a year ago he did not have any on hand.

 

Chris has not hinted he would be out of stock, asked me for the delivery address so he can figure out the shipping costs. And that's where I'm at right now. (My understanding is that within USA the price is $119 including shipping.)

 

You will enjoy having the pedals moving as they should when the motor runs

 

After receiving the brass gear from Chris couple of weeks ago, today I finally dove under the steering column again...
...to find out I have no clue how to remove the shiny "washer" that holds the original plastic gear in place (prevents it from slipping off of the thread)

It seems like one would need to grind away the end of the thread...? But that does not sound right, obviously.
(My skill level is "Unscrew things, lose half of them, screw the rest back.")

 

Mine must have come off when the gear was twisted hard against it.

 

OK, I'll try that, thanks

Do you recall if you had to "glue" that thing back after you installed the brass gear?

 

Looks to be pressed on. Try a small battery terminal or wiper arm puller?
Insert a small diameter pin as required for effect.
Or just position a small chisel under the lip and tap with a small hammer?

 

No i did not, believe there is a replacement part with the gear.
Didn't you get another small piece of metal with the brass gear?
He has a posting with pictures showing how things go
Try a pair of pliers, channel locks, or vise grips, on the gear.
Get midevil on it, its already broken

 

I don't believe so 😐

 

Look around forit, believe the piece in pounded onto the end
I would contact Chris and ask if you can't find yours.
Don't believe remembering things wrong.
Have you gotten the gear off yet?
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Default Instructions on how to repair your adjustable pedalsHad a chance to install a new gear on an XJ8 so I thought I'd write up how to do it.

1. remove the cover under the dash that covers the pedals up. (this car had it removed already)

2. Remove the four bolts holding the steering column cover on.

3. Remove the two T-20 Torx bolts that hold the black cover on the brake pedal assembly.

4. Grasp the cover, gently pull it off revealing the gears inside. There is a black wave washer that may or may not fall off. Save this washer as it will be used later.

5. The center of the shaft has a small nub on it that secures the washer in front of the gear. This nub must be ground off in order to remove the gear. You can use a file or a rotary grinder to remove just enough metal to expose the washer and center shaft.

6. Grab the gear and twist it counter clockwise, as it pushes against the washer it will tighten up, you may wish to use a rag to keep your hand from getting sore but keep twisting the gear it will push the washer off and then you can remove the gear.

7. Put a dab of grease on the inside and outside of the gear, install the gear onto the shaft.

8. Set the steel cap (provided with the gear) onto the end of the shaft, smack it with a hammer to install it.

9. Smear some grease onto the flat face of the gear, then place the wave washer from earlier into grease.

10. Now snap the black plastic cover back onto the assembly.

11. Re install the two T-20 bolts

12. Re install the steering column cover and the dust shield from below.


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Update: the washer in question is this one from AuVeCo https://autofastenersandclips.com/pr...ner-205-height
So far I can't find it being distributed in Europe, so I might go with something similar to this:



Thanks for your help, looking into the thread you're referring to. 👍

I meant I didn't believe I received the steel cap, today is the first time I am learning about it. (I assumed I would keep the original washer and put it back later.)
There's like 1% chance I *did* receive the cap, did not notice it in the package (not knowing there's a cap involved), took out the brass gear and tossed the rest away.

I have just emailed Chris again, we shall see.